Lowden Man Keeps Antiques in Barn Home Reminiscence
Duane Brockmeyer of Lowden recalls his barn dwelling days with affection after moving to a conventional house last fall. A 21-year-old joined Brammer Manufacturing Co. in Davenport, commuting daily, with a lifelong passion for clocks and antiques. He started collecting at 13, buying clocks with earnings from mowing lawns, and has spent years repairing and building clocks and refinishing furniture.
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Boy fills barn with clocks and antiques in Spillville home
At age 14 Duane Brockmeyer began collecting clocks and antiques, growing to about 50 items that filled his parents’ living room. He moved to a loft bedroom in a barn owned by his great aunt, lighting with kerosene lamps and using a kerosene stove, an alcohol powered fan, and old Edison and Columbia phonographs. He curates a display of antique lamps, china, glassware, and period furniture while continually seeking new treasures.
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New Old Cookstove and Antiques Highlight Brockmeyer Home
Brockmeyer fondly recalls his walnut reed organ and an excellent wood burning cook stove given by friends. The stove provides heat and cooking, fueled partly by slabs from a local saw mill. He plans a future search for an old sleigh and reminisces about barn living days while decorating his current house.
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Linus Pauling to Speak at ISU April 17
Linus Pauling physicist and chemist and Nobel Peace Prize winner will lecture at Iowa State University April 17 at 8 p.m. in C. Y. Stephens Auditorium. Sponsored by Sigma Xi and the university lectures committee, the free talk marks the 50th anniversary of ISU's Sigma Xi chapter and covers Some Aspects of Molecular Medicine.
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Recital Tonight At King Chapel By Two Cornhill Majors
Two vocal music education majors from Cornell College will perform a recital at 7:30 in King Chapel. Ann Herkelmann of Clinton and William Byas of Des Moines present the program, open to the public, with a reception to follow at the Rood House lounge.
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University of Iowa Spring Concert Theme The Creation
The University of Iowa presents Haydn's The Creation on April 12 and 13 with the University Choir Oratorio Chorus and University Symphony Orchestra. Soloists include soprano Kathryn Harvey tenor Robert Eckert and bass Albert Drum. Prof Daniel Moe conducts. free tickets are at the University Box Office Iowa Memorial Union.
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